History of Berlin
The Eastern Abenaki tribes came to Berlin to mine rhyolite on this mountain.
What is Mt. Jasper?
Mr. Hiram Farrand, who worked for Brown Company, created this measuring tool.
What is the Farrand Rapid Rule?
The first Mayor of Berlin. A school in Berlin was also named this.
Who is Henry Marston?
The four streets that originally comprised the Norwegian Village.
What are Norway St, Sweden, Denmark St, and Finland Street?
This public building was built in 1903 with a $15,000 grant from the Andrew Carnegie Endowment Fund.
What is the Public Library?
This is the original name of Berlin, when it was first granted in 1771.
What is Maynesborough?
In 1922, the first packages of these tri-fold paper towels came out at the Brown Company's R&D Building.
What are Nibroc paper towels?
He is the longest serving Mayor in Berlin.
Who is Paul Grenier?
This neighborhood was created by an ambitious priest, Father Mackey, who wanted to preserve the character of the streets surrounding his church, St Kierans. The streets were Willard, High, School, and Emery, and were known as Mackeyville, or this.
What is Irish Acres?
Originally built in 1926 as the Berlin National Guard Armory, this building now houses these two city departments.
What are the Recreation Department and Police Department?
In 1872, a ski club was formed by a group of Scandinavians, originally called the North American Ski Club, it was renamed this.
What is Nansen Ski Club?
Now know as Crisco, this was invented in Berlin in the late 1800's and was made from hydrogenated peanut oil.
What is Kream Krisp?
These are the two requirements to run for the office of Mayor.
What is be a registered voter and a resident of the City for at least two years preceding their election?
The name of the area where Heritage Park sits today.
What is Berlin Mills?
This theater was built in 1905 and opened in 1906. After being destroyed by fire that same year, it was rebuilt, to open again in 1910. The building later was used as Grant's department store, and now sits empty across from City Hall.
What is the Albert Theater?
Who is is Paul "Poof" Tardiff?
An inventor from Berlin, NH, first name Earl, is known for inventing this line of plastic containers.
What is Tupperware?
She was the only female Mayor, who served from 1994-1996.
Who is Yvonne Coulombe?
This area, with roads named consecutively from one to seven, saw the majority of development from the 1890s to 1920's due to the booming paper industry.
What is The Avenues?
The Strand Theater, located at the intersection of High and Main Street, opened in 1937, showing "Heidi" as the first movie. It is now the location of this attraction.
What is the Berlin Bowling Center?
This is the year the smokestacks came down at the pulp mill.
What is 2007?
This is a type of pipe, bituminous fiber pipe, that was produced by Brown Company from the 1920's to the 1970's.
What is Bermico?
What is 40?
After the construction of the Mason Street Bridge and the new passenger station for the railway, this area began to be developed. First known as Berlin Mills Addition, and then Cottage City, it is now referred to as this.
What is the East Side?
La Casita is in the building that was originally this restaurant, which opened in 1961. Colonel Sanders even took the time to visit.
What is Kentucky Fried Chicken?